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Mr. Del Gallo puts in more than a full days work at Town Hall ... which is more than any of his predecessors
ever did.    So, I would say that he puts forth a great degree of effort.  

FDG may put the time in, but HE, HIMSELF has accomplished NOTHING!! Someone puts a piece of paper in front of him and he signs it!!!!!

The liberal socialists will only work with OTHER liberal socialists! THAT is what they call 'working together'. DVR has admittedly stated here that the liberal socialists would work with rotterdam's F.Salamone IF he flipped to a dem. Nice, huh?

The liberal socialists, including the metroplex and savage don't give a rats a** who is sitting in rotterdam's town hall AS LONG AS THEY ARE LIBERALS LIKE THEM!!

For the record.....the Edgewood is nothing more than a 4 block relocation. Exchanging one empty storefront for another.  Capital Plaza is down because the TAXPAYERS sealed a private deal FOR BBL, who in turn gets their palms greased by metroplex....again the taxpayers!!!

Because of the decades of back room deals, that are obviously continuing today......rotterdam is the sh!thole and laughing stock of schenectady county!!  Nisky, Glenville, Duanesburg and Princetown remain inhabitable! IMHO

My god man...to call Del Gallo 'a liberal socialist' is blind as blind can be. He might be a lot of things, but he ain't a liberal or a socialist. Nor is the guy who is really pulling the strings back there on FDG's rubber stamp. What surprises me the most is that no one has bothered to look at the areas of the budget that HAVE increased...say the clerks office...or the fact that the police chief has a $50,000 secretary...or any number of areas of the budget that could be trimmed, but aren't being trimmed.

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My god man...to call Del Gallo 'a liberal socialist' is blind as blind can be. He might be a lot of things, but he ain't a liberal or a socialist. Nor is the guy who is really pulling the strings back there on FDG's rubber stamp. What surprises me the most is that no one has bothered to look at the areas of the budget that HAVE increased...say the clerks office...or the fact that the police chief has a $50,000 secretary...or any number of areas of the budget that could be trimmed, but aren't being trimmed.

No one?

http://www.rotterdamny.net/m-1286428356/s-15/#num29

Quoted from 612

Yes I am sure Paolino would disagree as well.  He was ALWAYS there.

Mr Paolino put is a lot of time .. but not as many hours as Mr. Del Gallo.  Mr. Paolino had a full time
job at the time.

I will ignore the "liberal socialist" accusations being thrown around --- as I take into account the lack of
actual knowledge possessed by the accuser who is just one of the nattering nabobs of negativism.

As for Mr. Salamone, he is welcome in the Democratic Party because we are a "big tent" party.

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Board members plan to lower budget before approval
John Purcell 10/14/10

As some people are tightening their own spending, Rotterdam is proposing a tax increase that might put some more pressure on resident’s wallets.

Rotterdam Supervisor Francis Del Gallo’s 2011 tentative budget totaling $21.2 million includes a residential property tax increase of 11.36 percent. Almost $1.6 million is being used from the town’s fund balance to help cover the cost of state mandates and other costs.

Del Gallo said some of the budgetary pressures were increasing Retirement costs by 35 percent and health insurance costs are increasing by 15 percent. Revenue in the town is also declining from almost $7.1 million in 2010 to an estimated $6.9 million for 2011.

Businesses will also feel the burden as non-residential property taxes rise 14.7 percent. Del Gallo said the commercial people are getting “beat up” and he recognizes businesses are trying to make due with less.

Del Gallo did also blame part of the tax increase on the town’s previous Republican board.

“They [the previous administration] haven’t taxed anybody for three years,” said Del Gallo. “If you don’t raise taxes it is only common sense.”

Councilman Gerard Parisi, lone Republican board member, disagreed the tax increase is due to the previous administration.

“This is a complete failure on part of the supervisor and deputy supervisor,” said Parisi. “Based on what they campaigned upon was a big tax cut, obviously they didn’t keep their promise.”

Councilwoman Nicola DiLeva also felt the budget is unacceptable at this point, but she didn’t want to blame the previous board.

“You don’t look at the past, I can’t blame anything on them [the previous board],” said DiLeva. “We are the present board and I want to find an alternative to this.”

DiLeva requested for board members to finally meet with department heads to go over the budget and find ways to cut costs. She believes the board would be able to reduce the budget.

“There is a lot more on our part we can do, but we just haven’t had a chance cause it was just given to us,” said DiLeva. “Yes, I am confident that it will be lower. I will never, ever, ever agree to an 11 percent increase in taxes.”

Parisi didn’t feel as optimistic the budget could be lowered before approval.

“I have no indication that the board will be able to do that at all,” said Parisi. “The two leaders have little or no support for the three other members.”

Parisi said he is going to talk with DiLeva about solutions for lowering the budget, but he doesn’t know if Del Gallo and Deputy Supervisor Robert Godlewski would accept the changes.

“I hope we can do better than what they’ve done,” said Parisi. “They refused to meet with board members on several times. Now they came out on their budget … and it is a disaster, so now we got to try to do our best to solve the problem.”

Parisi said the only meeting Del Gallo and Godlewski had before releasing the budget was at the home or store of Del Gallo and he didn’t go cause it was not a proper place to discuss the budget.

“You got to remember one thing, Gerard Parisi is a big liar,” said Del Gallo. “He can meet with the board and meet with me anytime he wants, he has never asked me.”

Del Gallo said he has some ideas to lower the budget before adoption.

“It is really too early yet to know how to lower the budget, but we are going to lower the budget,” said Del Gallo.

DiLeva also said there are some specific adjustments to the budget she would like to make, but she wants to hear from residents first.

“I’m sure there will be some good ideas brought forth by the public,” said DiLeva.

http://www.spotlightnews.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1287077671

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Revenue in the town is also declining from almost $7.1 million in 2010 to an estimated $6.9 million for 2011.

More proof of the wonderful Metroplex success.  REVENUE DOWN!

In light of the fact tax revenue is declining, Rotterdam officials actually created a taxing district for REMS to be put up for referendum, that will cost the town $240K, with the alternative of privatizing through Mohawk that would generate $100K in revenue.  Genius!  Obvious this referendum isn't based on logic, but rather politics.

FDG says he's a businessman; he's doing a good job playing a politician.

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... said Del Gallo. “If you don’t raise taxes it is only common sense.”

Now THERE is the problem. FDG, and people with that mentality ARE the problem, not the solution.

Maybe if Mr. Parisi showed up at Town Hall  other than 5 minutes after the Town Board meeting actually
starts ---- he'd have time to meet with the Supervisor and the other board members.

Finally, someone who gets it!

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“You don’t look at the past, I can’t blame anything on them [the previous board],” said DiLeva. “We are the present board and I want to find an alternative to this.”

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

Maybe if Mr. Parisi showed up at Town Hall  other than 5 minutes after the Town Board meeting actually
starts ---- he'd have time to meet with the Supervisor and the other board members.

The fact is that Mr. Tomassone and Company did NOT do anything for economic development --- thus
our town's tax base did NOT grow;  and  his administration did NOTHING to rein in spending  but he did
raid every account in the town to    C.H.A. and pretend that he was keeping taxes level.
when you run out of places to "rob from peter to pay paul" ---then you have to make the tough budget
decisions

Finally, someone who gets it!

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“You don’t look at the past, I can’t blame anything on them [the previous board],” said DiLeva. “We are the present board and I want to find an alternative to this.”

Quoted from DemocraticVoiceOfReason

The fact is that Mr. Tomassone and Company did NOT do anything for economic development --- thus
our town's tax base did NOT grow;  and  his administration did NOTHING to rein in spending  but he did
raid every account in the town to    C.H.A. and pretend that he was keeping taxes level.
when you run out of places to "rob from peter to pay paul" ---then you have to make the tough budget
decisions

         You can argue all you want about water over the dam, however it is this Board's responsibility to propose a reasonable budget that does not have a significatnt negative impact on the taxpayers.  It is more than a one beer discussion as to the "appropriateness" of raiding funds to keep taxes down.  I think that ND has it right, she is shouldering the responsibility of this budget which is the correct posture for the current Town Board.  Now FIX IT!

This bunch campaigned and promised to hit the ground running. They spewed 'lower taxes' as their #1 objective. 'No change' Godlewski had more than enough information coming out of the last administration. And now he cries FOUL?????

This bunch is looking a gift horse right in the mouth. Cut -$120k from rems and take the +$100k from mohawk. Plus placing the ambulance garage on the tax rolls. The vote on Dec 14th will be nothing more than a political popularity contest, right out of the 'friends and family club' book.

Though the legitimately disappointed, angry taxpayers are callously and arrogantly referred to as nothing more than 'whiners' by the  leftist liberal socialist progressives, the fact is that hard, cold reality has begun to set in with the overburdened taxpayers.